This homemade sesame dressing offers bold flavor for your homemade salads. It requires just four core ingredients: toasted sesame oil, tamari or soy sauce, lime juice, and a dab of Dijon mustard. If you have the time and energy, add freshly toasted sesame seeds, fresh ginger, and garlic. They ramp up the flavor, but this dressing is already delicious in its simplest form.
Make this sesame dressing when you’re craving a green side salad. It’s easy to whisk together from basic pantry ingredients, and it tastes so much better than store-bought dressings. I created this dressing recipe to serve over this seaweed salad, but it goes with so much more. Below is a full list of suggestions for making your own salad tonight!
How to Serve Sesame Dressing
This salad dressing is the perfect accompaniment to main dishes with Asian influences. It’s almost guaranteed to complement your meal when your entrée includes flavors like soy sauce, sesame oil or ginger. Try it with my Extra Vegetable Fried Rice, Vegetarian Pho, Veggie Sushi Bowls, or homemade sushi rolls.
Complementary Salad Ingredients
To round out your meal with a healthy dose of greens and veggies, improvise a simple salad with any of the following ingredients.
Avocado Bell pepper Broccoli, raw or roasted Cabbage Carrots Cherry tomatoes Cilantro Cucumber Edamame (shelled) Green beans Green onion Leafy greens, including Bibb, romaine and spring greens Seaweed Snap peas or snow peas Thai basil
More Dressings to Make
Homemade salad dressing makes all the difference, and I think you’ll love these. View my full collection of salad dressings here.
Carrot Ginger Dressing Cilantro Lime Dressing Classic Vinaigrette (Plus 3 Essential Variations) Lemon Vinaigrette
Please let me know how your sesame dressing turns out in the comments! I love hearing from you and am eager to hear how you serve this one.
In a hurry? You can simplify this dressing by skipping the sesame seeds, garlic and ginger. You’ll still end up with a flavorful dressing.
